Finding Hope After Loss: Recent Episodes
Sarah Cox
A podcast about finding hope again after pregnancy and infant loss. Topics include pregnancy and infant loss, grief during and after loss, parenting after loss, and pregnancy after loss. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/findinghopeafterloss/support
Rob is one of the co-founders of the Sad Dads Club. In this episode, he discusses the stillbirth of his daughter, Lyla, along with how it led him to come together with other loss fathers. He also discusses the reasons he feels fathers do not get as much support after loss.
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Duval is the mom of one living daughter and one baby in Heaven. In this episode, she talks about the experience of going through a blighted ovum loss. She also discusses her complicated feelings surrounding her friend who was due at the same time her baby would have been born.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/findinghopeafterloss/support
Bernice founded the National Nonprofit Chasing the Rainbows after she lost her daughter to NEC at 5.5 weeks old. In this episode, she shares about her experience going through secondary infertility, the miscarriage of one of her twins, and the neonatal loss of her daughter. She also talks about how her organization helps other loss families.
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Cat had 6 back to back miscarriages, including one after a round of IVF. She successfully gave birth to her daughter and then had two more miscarriages. She talks about her losses, along with how she never got a diagnosis or reason for her losses.
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Jenny Flora Wells is a holistic therapist and Associate Clinical Social Worker based in Los Angeles, California. She specializes in trauma, artists, creatives, actors, musicians, and adoptees. In this episode, she discusses the grief and trauma surrounding adoption.
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Rachael shares her story of going through a missed miscarriage and the 33 week loss of her son, Henry. Rachael also shares about the support she received after loss, along with her views on the term rainbow baby.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/findinghopeafterloss/support
Sydney talks about going through the neonatal loss of her daughter, Eden, a few hours after she born due to a rare condition called LUTO. Sydney also talks about all the treatments, including spending over 99 days in the hospital during her pregnancy, and the care she went through trying to give her daughter the best chance at survival.
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Karla is a certified maternal wellness coach, fertility coach, and breath work facilitator. In this episode, she discusses the grief of losing her daughter Paloma, along with having multiple early losses. She also talksabout going through the IVF process before she started taking control of her own health.
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Stephanie is the mother of four angel babies and two living children. She talks about her experience losing twins to miscarriage, going through an ectopic pregnancy, and losing her son in the 2nd trimester. Stephanie also discusses how her losses led to renewed faith in God.
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Megan is a fertility doula, a mother to two living children and many babies in the stars. She is also a proud member of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, a Swiftie, and an advocate for mental health support in the infertility community.
In this episode, she shares about going through infertilityand loss, along with the stereotypes and stigmas she and her wife were up against. Between the two of them, they had a 2nd trimester loss, many early losses, several IUIs, and a couple of rounds of IVF.
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Jessica Correnti is a bereaved mom, Certified Child Life Specialist with over 16 years’ of experience, and the author of several books for children about grief.
She is the founder and owner of Kids Grief Support. Jessica talks about her experience going through multiple pregnancy losses, including several miscarriages and the 22 week loss of her daughter Maggie.
She also discusses how to support your children when they are going through periods of grief in their life.
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Jennifer Edmonds is a yoga and meditation teacher focusing on women’s health. She had a long fertility journey herself, including dealing with being advanced maternal age, going through several rounds of IVF, and having a miscarriage at 8 weeks. She turned to fertility yoga and was able to get pregnant naturally with her son. She now has two living children and teaches fertility yoga to other women who are struggling with their hormones and their cycles.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/findinghopeafterloss/support
4 women share their experiences going through pregnancy after loss. A real look at the fears and anxiety that can occur when you are pregnant after a loss. These women share the tough parts of their pregnancies, along with the joys their rainbow babies have brought them.
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Tasha is an Integrative Clinical Nutritionist & Certified Personal Trainer who specializes in hormones. She talks about her 6 auto immune disorders and how she took themunder control and was able to wean off her anxiety medicine. Tasha talks about the importance of understanding our hormones and our bodies to improve our fertility.
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Ella is the creator of the Joy of Sunflowers. She has four living children and two children in Heaven. She went through 2 losses including a blighted ovum and a miscarriage. In this episode, she talks about going through her losses along with her journey learning to parent her living children while grieving her losses.
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Vicki was diagnosed with unexplained infertilityafter losing 5 babies, through miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, and twin loss. She also has two living children. Vicki helps women with womb cleansing and healing in order to help them unblock and heal their body.
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Krista is a life coach who has two living children and went through two miscarriages. She talks about going through her losses, along with the scare she had during pregnancy with one of her living children.
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Lindsay struggled with infertility due to PCOS. She went through fertility treatment and got pregnant, but this ended in a miscarriage. She then got pregnant with her son Theo, but had to TFMR due to him having CMV (cytomegalovirus). Lindsay was able to get pregnant again and bring her rainbow baby home.
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Carolina is a Reiki Master and womb healer that helps women heal their wombs to better be able to conceive. She discusses how Reiki can help women heal. She also talks about her grief journey after losing her father and her difficulty trying to get pregnant.
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Vanessa talks about her journey through infertility, including IVF. She lost her daughter at 22 weeks. Vanessa later started fostering a baby who was born the same day and at the same hospital as her daughter. She shares about her journey through loss and afterwards and how it feels to have a son the same age her daughter should be.
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Ann-Marie went through 3 neonatal losses of her son and her two daughters. Her last pregnancy, she was diagnosed with preeclampsia. She shares her experience going throughall three losses along with her experience dealing with the preeclampsia both during the pregnancy and for 5 weeks postpartum.
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Krystal is a sonographer that works in a ruralhospital in the Pacific Northwest. She shares her experience with her missed miscarriage, along with the unique ways that her job has impacted her loss journey.
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Emily is an online boutique owner in the social services space. This episode is all about PCOS! Emily shares about her experience being diagnosed, living with PCOS, and how she took control of the condition instead of letting it control her.
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Lindsey is the founder of Pregnancy After Loss Support.She talks about the loss of her daughter, Nora, who was stillborn at 40 weeks and how this lead her to create PALS. She also talks about the launch of her new book, When Skies are Grey: A Grieving Mother’s Lullaby.
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Anna is a pregnancy and postpartum specialist movement coach. In this episode, she discusses the importance of movement for pregnancy and postpartum. She also talks about her experience being an egg donor for her sister and her experience battling cervical cancer.
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Barb lost her first pregnancy at 24 weeks due to him having a rare heart condition. This heart condition led to a life-saving surgery for other babies who also had this condition. Barb then lost her 13 year old daughter due to an undiagnosed brain tumor. After her losses, she went through IVF and gave birth to her final child at age 57. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/findinghopeafterloss/support
Roxy went through fertility struggles, including being diagnosed with unexplained infertility. She had 2 failed IUIs and went through IVF. Roxy had a chemical pregnancy and the 8 week miscarriage of her daughter, Luna, who was conceived through IVF.
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Rebecca had a few missed miscarriages before she was officially trying to get pregnant. She then experienced the neonatal loss of her daughter, Caroline, shortly after birth due to an incompetent cervix. Rebecca shares her experience getting both an emergency cerclage and a transabdominal cerclage, along with her loss story.
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Tiffany lives with endometriosis and has gone throughfertility struggles due to this condition. She was a nurse for 18 years and now helps women find more natural and holistic ways to deal with reproductive conditions such as endometriosis, PCOS, and fibroids. She hopes by sharing herstory, it will help others know they aren’t alone in dealing with endometriosis.
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Windy has been a mental health therapist for 18 yearsand helps people who are going through fertility or pregnancy struggles. She went through recurrent loss and had 4 losses due to a blood clotting disorder. In this episode, she also discusses the impact of toxic positivity on the loss and infertility community.
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Kelila is the mother to 3 children and was a surrogate twice. With her second surrogate pregnancy, she experienced a loss at 16 weeks. After her loss, she created a pregnancyloss resource and toolkit because she found the resources lacking after her loss.
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Sabrina, the TFMR Doula, had a termination for medical reasons after her daughter showed complications not compatible with life. Her experience through the termination process was lacking in compassion and she felt alone. This inspired her to create a community for other loss parents who have had to terminate for medical reasons.
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Lindsay struggled with infertility and went through several rounds of failed medicated cycles, with no clear answer as to why she couldn’t get pregnant. She had one living child, followed by the neonatal loss of her son, Gus, due to polycystic kidney disease. Lindsay shares her experience finding out the diagnosis, going through the pregnancy, and the time following her loss.
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Monica has experienced a lot of loss in her lifetime, including several family members and a pregnancy loss. Monica discusses how she became more in tune with thespiritual world and started seeing signs. She talks about how you can start to see signs from your baby. Monica has also written three books about how to get signs from your loved ones.
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Amy has been through two pregnancy losses including her daughter who was stillborn due to a possible placental abruption and a 14 week miscarriage. Amy shares herjourney and how she now helps other women who are going through fertility or pregnancy struggles through her business, Smooth Stones Consulting.
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Katy's son was stillborn due to fetal hydrops with no known cause. Katy shares how waiting to deliver him was the right decision for her and talks about what it was like after her loss.
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Sarah Jane went through multiple pregnancy losses, unexplained infertility, and a chronic disease that ultimately led to a hysterectomy. She is now childless not by choice. Sarah Jane talks about her journey and how it is important to have self-compassion for ourselves throughout the difficult times. She created Embodied Possibility to help other women through their journey.
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Dr. Catherine Darley is a Naturopathic physician who specializes in sleep. Dr. Darley talks about the importance of sleep, especially for women, during all stages of their life, including trying to get pregnant, pregnancy, and after pregnancy. She gives tips and recommendations for how to improve your sleep quality during the various phases of your life. She also experienced three miscarriages during her motherhood journey.
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Michelle is a mom of two who experienced post partum depressionafter her second child was born. Going through PPD made her realize how little care there is for maternal mental health. She now wants to educate others on what to look out for, ways to deal with PPD, and when to ask for help.
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Grace had to terminate for medical reasons (TFMR) at 13 weeks due to her baby not being viable. She also has one rainbow baby. She wrote a book called Behind My Smile: A Rainbow Baby Story. Grace is now on a mission to advocate doctors and healthcare providers about the loss and pregnancy after loss experience.
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Carmen is the mother of 11 babies, 3 of which are living, and is currently pregnant with her rainbow baby. She went through recurrent losses including missed miscarriage, miscarriage and 2 TFMR. She also wrote a book based on her experiences called A Diary to Our Babies.
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Kasia had quite a long journey with infertility and loss. She went through several rounds of IUI and IVF, along with several miscarriages, before being diagnosed with stage 4endometriosis. She had surgery and was preparing to use a surrogate before doing one final transfer, which resulted in her rainbow baby. Kasia also discusses the importance of advocating for yourself with doctors.
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Anusooya is a fertility coach for women who also has a pharmacist background. She dealt with a chronic illness which made her motherhood journey more difficult. She now helps other women who are going through infertility.
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Katie spent time working as a registered nurse in L&D and postpartum. She is now a childbirth and nutrition educator. Katie had a miscarriage, chemical pregnancy, and the loss of twins on her journey to motherhood. She has two living children, one of which required a NICU stay.
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Alexandra is a death doula that runs a death doula training school. In this episode. Alexandra has a lot to share about grief after loss and the issues surrounding death. Alexandra also discusses dealing with PCOS, endometriosis, eating disorder recovery, and being childless not by choice.
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Heather discusses her 38 week stillbirth due to a true knot in the cord. She also talks about dealing with depression after her loss and what that experience was like.
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Joanna is a fertility nutritionist. In this episode, she talks about the key things you should be doing nutrition-wise when trying to get pregnant and during pregnancy.
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Sarah is a doula who helps support other women during pregnancy and birth. She had a miscarriage with her first pregnancy, followed by the birth of her rainbow baby. Sareh credits her faith to helping her get through the tough times after loss.
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Sarah discusses tips on how to get through grief after pregnancy loss during the holiday season. She also talks about the various things you can do to help honor and remember your baby during the holidays.
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Mel is a clinical herbalist, environmental educator, mother, wilderness therapist, and podcast host on The Herbalist’s Path. Mel has studied plant medicine for well over 20 years. She shares ways you can use herbs to help with grief and loss, pregnancy, breastfeeding, and more.
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Kassandra is a loss mom of 2 and has 1 rainbow baby daughter. She was diagnosed with PCOS and a uterine abnormality at an early age and told she would never be able to get pregnant. Kassandra had to TFMR (termination for medical reasons) because her baby Atlas had anencephaly. She talks about her experience going through her losses and how important it is to support TFMR moms.
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McKenzie experienced the infant loss of her son, Theo, due to complications from a congenital heart defect. She discusses herexperience after his birth and leading up to his death, along with her experience after her loss.
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Ashley struggled with unexplained infertility before finally being able to get pregnant with her twins. Her journey inspired her to become a holistic fertility coach where she works with yoga,meditation, and other holistic healing.
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Kendra went through infertility and had a miscarriage before she was ever diagnosed with PCOS. She had some terrible experiences with doctors during her loss, which led her to take charge of her own health and advocate for herself.
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Nicola is the founder of the Instagram account Fat Positive Fertility. Her mission is to help end the stigma around people who have bigger bodies and help them successfully reach their goal of having a family. Nicola is the leading voice for fat folks seeking fertility support, bringing a unique fat-positive perspective to her work as a fertility coach and author of the groundbreaking book "Fat and Fertile”.
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Nicole shares the experience of going through recurrent pregnancy loss. She has gone through the loss of 7 different babies throughout her journey to become a mother. She adopted 2 girls and has written a book about her entire experience.
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Michelle went through infertility, including multiple rounds of IUI and IVF, and experienced a miscarriage and the neonatal loss of her daughter, Her daughter was born early due to Michelle having pre-eclampsia. Ultimately, she used a surrogate and had her living child. She was also inspired to create a non-profit, the Collette Louise Tisdahl Foundation, in honor of her daughter.
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Ros went through multiple pregnancy losses, including a miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, and chemical pregnancy. She also went through the stillbirth of her son Sam. She currently has no living children. Ros discusses going through her losses and the idea that the so called happy ending is not always attainable for everyone.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/findinghopeafterloss/support
2023 Wave of Light reading of names. Join me in honoring my daughter, Jasmine Grace, along with 1,569 other babies who are gone too soon.
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Elizabeth lost her son, Teddy, after her water broke prematurely. She discusses what it was like to never get an answer to why she lost him. She was inspired to create a non-profit in his honor and now sends out bear ornaments to other loss families.
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Four women who have been through loss share their pregnancy loss stories. Each one has experienced the heartbreak of losing a baby. They all share their experience participating in Project Finding Your Rainbow and the power of sharing their stories.
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Annie discusses the experience of going through three recurrent miscarriages. She also talks about dealing with doctors who do not listen to your concerns and how she learned to advocate for herself.
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Tanya and Ken discuss the loss of their daughter, Riley, due to a cord accident. This inspired them to create the non-profit Riley's Resources. The non-profit provides comfort boxes and resources to families going through pregnancy and infant loss.
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Natalia lost her son 12 hours after he was born. She is a citizen of the world, traveler and expat, yoga & meditation teacher and writer. Natalia discusses the impact her loss had and how she began her healing journey.
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Zipporah lost her son shortly after his birth at 32 weeks due to anencephaly. She discusses learning about the diagnosis, the pregnancy, and the time after his birth and death.
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Caryn discusses going through infertility, including 17 fertility treatments. She also talks about her 5 miscarriages, including one that was ectopic, and the child loss of one of her twins. Caryn is now a fertility coach who helps other women navigating through infertility and loss.
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Rachel is the founder of Hope Again Collective. She shares about her miscarriage and how it inspired her to create her jewelry. She hopes the jewelry will serve as a tangible reminder to those who do not have anything tangible to represent their baby.
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Michelle went through infertility and recurrent pregnancy loss during her motherhood journey. She now has one living child and is hopeful to have her rainbow baby one day soon. Michelle talks about how she uses humor to get through the tough times.
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La'Vista went through infertility and 3 recurrent miscarriages during her motherhood journey. She also discusses the lack of compassion that so many providers have towards families going through loss.
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Katelyn had a miscarriage followed by a termination for medical reasons (TFMR) due to a severe form of spina bifida. She had very limited time in which to make this decision after finding out the severity of her diagnosis. All of her options were a losing situation. She wants everyone to understand that this was a very wanted baby.
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Amanda is a life coach who experienced the neonatal loss of her daughter, Faith, at 26 days old. The loss was due to complications from a congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). Amanda says faith is what got her through the loss.
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Megan is a grief coach that helps others learn how to navigate grief after pregnancy loss. Her daughter, Aria, died at 15 months old due to Sudden Unexplained Death in a Child (SUDC).
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Dr. Heather Browne PsyD, LMFT helps people recognize the power of communication. In this episode, she discusses how to have effective communication while going through grief after miscarriage and other pregnancy loss.
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Season 2 of the podcast returns on July 19. This season will cover more stories about infertility and loss from the families that have gone through it. There will also be discussions about issues surrounding infertility and loss, parenting after loss, pregnancy after loss, and trying to conceive after loss.
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Holly is a four time egg donor. She discusses the process she went through and what the experience was like. Holly also talks about the importance of self-care for women.
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Robin had to make the decision to terminate her pregnancy for medical reasons (TFMR) due to the baby having a giant omphalocele. She talks about the stigma surrounding having to terminate a pregnancy.
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Dr. Katie Wood is a pharmacist and integrative fertility coach. She talks about her journey with infertility and how she used non-pharmaceutical options. She now helps other women navigate infertility.
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Sandy lost her son, Harrison, due to a placental abruption. He had spina bifida and 22q deletion. She also had an early pregnancy loss. Sandy discusses the importance of finding a good support system after loss.
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Melissa lost her son due to having severe pre-eclampsia and HELLP syndrome. She underwent gastric bypass surgery and lost a lot of weight. She was then able to get pregnant and have her rainbow baby. She talks about dealing with hating your body and dealing with jealousy towards others who are easily able to get pregnant.
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Saturday, March 11 is my daughter, Jasmine's 5th birthday. We lost her at 32 weeks when she was stillborn. She had a congenital diaphragmatic hernia and mosaic trisomy 15. Help me remember her on her birthday.
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Sofia talks about her experience going through two traumatic miscarriages. She also discusses the lack of care and support she received from the doctors and the hospital during her losses.
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Kristin talks about going through two miscarriages after having two living children. She is currently going through fertility treatment and dealing with secondary infertility. She wants everyone to know that we aren't always told what to expect with miscarriages while going through them.
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Hailey from Hey Loss Mama talks about the loss of her daughter Hayden. This inspired her to create her account on Instagram and start helping and connecting with other pregnancy and infant loss moms.
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Sarah shares the story of giving birth to her pot of gold baby. She talks about what it is like to give birth after going through loss and some of the emotions you go through after coming home.--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/findinghopeafterloss/support
Jenna is a recurrent loss mom who talks about the unexpected, but amazing, benefits that came from choosing to publicly share her loss journey. She talks about the many people who reached out to her afterwards and how opening herself up was one of the best things she has done. Trigger warning, there is a brief mention of suicidal thoughts.
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Brittany and Alyssa are both loss moms who started Bloom and Grow Birth Doulas. They discuss a little about their loss journey along with how doulas can be of service to loss moms and families.
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Calyn is a military spouse who was told she would never be able to get pregnant on her own. She had to have a termination for medical reasons due to her baby having amniotic band sequence. She then had a vanishing twin with her rainbow pregnancy. Calyn was able to have her rainbow baby.
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Elisa talks about the loss of her daughter, Ava, at 38 weeks. She talks about the importance of talking about loss since she was unaware of stillbirth before it happened to her. Elisa also talks about the organization she started to help other loss families fill their empty arms after loss.
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Miri discusses her struggle with PCOS and infertility. She also talks about her miscarriage and the infant loss of her son due to bilateral renal agenesis. She lost her son due to medical mistakes that were made while he was in the hospital.
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Dr. Salena Smith talks about her experience going through several years of infertility. She discusses going through multiple surgeries for fibroids, losing one fallopian tube, and going through various infertility treatments, including IVF.
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This episode discusses all of the types of pregnancy and infant loss along with the things that loss moms want you to know about each type of loss. The types of loss covered include: chemical pregnancy, ectopic pregnancy, missed miscarriage, miscarriage, 2nd trimester loss, embryo loss, stillbirth, neonatal loss, infant loss, termination for medical reasons, molar pregnancy, and blighted ovum.
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Alejandra discusses her losses, which include three miscarriages and the neonatal loss of her son. Her son was born premature due to a placental abruption and died a few weeks later. She also talks about her rainbow baby pregnancy.
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Sara discusses the loss of her two boys, one of which was at almost 36 weeks pregnant and the other was at 21 weeks pregnant. She talks about how she never gave up on her body being able to successfully have a baby, even despite all the rough times she went through. Sara also talks about pregnancy after loss and finally having her rainbow baby.
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Maxyne shares the story of the loss of her son. She also discusses the surprising lack of care she received while she was dealing with her grief after loss.
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Moria talks about her loss and parenting after loss. She also talks about how she started her company, Mother of Wilde, that helps other loss families remember their babies.
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Cara lost her daughter Emma Grace at 40 weeks when she was stillborn 22 years ago. Cara talks about her experience and how she has continued to parent her daughter alongside her two living children. She also discusses how we need to not compare losses and how she has marked the milestones since her daughter was stillborn.
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Lisa shares her journey of going through infertility and IVF. She talks about her journey to become an IVF coach and how she now helps other women with the emotional side of going through fertility treatment. She wants others to know they do not have to give up all of their joy despite going through these hard times in their life.
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October 15 every year is the international wave of light for pregnancy and infant loss awareness month. Everyone lights a candle at 7 pm their time zone in order to honor and remember all of the babies gone too soon. Sarah reads off the names of the babies gone too soon.
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Kelcie discusses dealing with recurrent pregnancy loss. She also talks about the importance of finding a doctor who actually listens to you and takes your concerns seriously.
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Sarah talks with Amy who discusses going through multiple miscarriages both as a surrogate and on her own fertility journey. Amy talks about her loss journey, the grief she felt after her losses, and how she went through pregnancy after loss.
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Sarah goes over a few things that everyone should know about pregnancy and infant loss.
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Sarah gives an introduction to the podcast and shares her loss story.
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